Special Event:
Faculty Development Workshop

Civic Engagement in the Women’s and Gender Studies Classroom: Power and Privilege at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Nation

About the Workshop

Hosted by the National Women's Studies Association with generous support from the Teagle Foundation, this workshop is designed to generate critical reflection and discussion among scholars and teachers in Women’s and Gender Studies in order to better understand the actual practices and effects of civic engagement and to improve student learning. 

Held during the NWSA conference in Denver, this workshop is designed to explore civic engagement in light of issues of power and privilege and to apply intersectional analyses of race, class, nation, sexuality, gender, and globalization to teaching about this important topic.  Participants will develop, apply, and assess model civic engagement pedagogies in partnership with the grant’s existing working group members and must be committed to applying quantitative evaluation tools in their Spring 2011 courses and reporting those results to NWSA.

Who Should Apply

Full-time faculty in women’s studies, ethnic studies, or related fields may apply.  NWSA especially invites applications from women of color faculty and junior faculty interested in developing civic engagement pedagogies based on intersectional analyses.   

Applicants must currently apply civic engagement pedagogies in their courses. Examples could include service learning activities, asking studies to develop policy papers or write letters to the editor, activism projects, etc. 

Applicants must be NWSA members and complete the online application by March 1, 2010. 

Successful applicants will receive travel and lodging grants and complimentary conference registration.